- Antony put his ear close to the heartbroken Coventry players after the penalty shootout victory.
- The Brazilian couldn’t contribute much as Man United reached the FA Cup final
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Manchester United’s Antony has been described as a “cheeky wanker” after goading defeated Coventry players with a deafening celebration.
The £85million Brazilian mocked the Sky Blues after his team reached the FA Cup final on penalties having blown a three-goal lead and then escaped defeat by a tight out-of-bounds decision. VAR game.
After Rasmus Hojlund scored the decisive penalty, Antony was among a handful of United players who celebrated, the predominant emotion being relief and deep shame.
Former Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor criticized Antony’s behavior in X: ‘Is Antony covering his ears while celebrating in front of the Coventry players?
‘Is this guy the most blatant failure to ever appear in our beautiful league?’ What a shame Antony, you wouldn’t even begin to get to Coventry, you moron.
Antony cheekily stroked his ear to the heartbroken Coventry City players after Manchester United beat them on penalties to reach the FA Cup final.
Antony celebrates United’s lucky victory over the Championship team at Wembley
Agbonlahor described the £85m Brazilian winger as a ‘blatant failure’ and an ‘imbecile’
Agbonlahor was not impressed by Antony’s behavior when United reached the final
Former Coventry striker Clinton Morrison was also scathing of Antony on BBC Radio 5 Live, saying: “He needs to concentrate on himself because he could be playing [in] the championship next season.
Journalist Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News He also noted that Antony referred to Coventry as ‘Covertry’ in an Instagram post prior to the semi-final.
Antony, who has contributed only two goals and two assists in a season to forget, replaced Alejandro Garnacho in the 66th minute at Wembley.
Erik ten Hag’s side were heading into the final against Manchester City on May 25 at the time, holding a 3-0 lead thanks to goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.
But United then collapsed as Coventry scored three times through Ellis Simms, Callum O’Hare and Haji Wright to force extra time.
United then had a lucky escape in the closing stages of extra time when Victor Torp’s ‘winner’ for Coventry was disallowed by VAR because Wright was slightly offside in the build-up.
After Casemiro saw a terrible penalty saved, Andre Onana saved Callum O’Hare’s shot before Ben Sheaf missed. Hojlund converted the decisive penalty to send United to the final.
Victor Torp thought he had scored Coventry’s winning goal against United in the 121st minute.
Coventry’s extra-time goal against Manchester United in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final was ruled marginally offside by VAR (pictured: the VAR decision system replaying the incident)
The Red Devils advanced to the FA Cup final on penalties, setting up a repeat of last year’s grand final.
